Tag: wptavern.com
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WordCamp Asia Extends Sponsor Application Deadline
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More The WordCamp Asia organizing team has extended its call for sponsors until Thursday, November 30, 2023. In an update on the official website, organizers explained that they received feedback from multiple potential sponsors regarding why they had been unable to apply before the original deadline. Some of the reasons included…
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Brainstorm Force Invests in LatePoint Bookings and Appointment Scheduling Plugin
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More Brainstorm Force, makers of the popular Astra theme, has invested in LatePoint, a commercial booking and appointment scheduling plugin for WordPress. LatePoint is used on 21,000 websites to enable bookings for small businesses, such as salons, therapists, doctors, spas, and fitness studios. It also supports a growing library of add-ons…
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ElmaStudio Releases Moog: A Free Block Theme for Blogs
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More Moog is one of the latest free block themes to be released on WordPress.org. It features a minimal and bold layout with a responsive, masonry style grid on the homepage. Moog is well suited to blogs or even small magazine websites, with options to radically change the style with the…
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WordPress 2024 Roadmap: 3 Major Releases with a Focus on Collaboration Features
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More WordPress Executive Director Josepha Haden Chomphosy has published a proposed schedule for 2024 that includes three major core releases. The dates have not yet been set in stone but have been planned to avoid major holidays and WordPress events. The first release of the year, WordPress 6.5, is scheduled for…
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WordPress 6.4.1 Fixes a Critical cURL/Requests Bug
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More WordPress contributors have worked quickly over the past 24 hours to prepare a 6.4.1 maintenance release after a critical bug emerged from a change in the Requests library, causing problems with updates on servers running older versions of cURL. Hosting companies began reporting widespread impact of the bug. Tom Sommer,…
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WordPress Contributors Target Upcoming 6.5 Release for Merging Performant Translations Into Core
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More WordPress’ Performance team is proposing merging Performant Translations into core in time for the upcoming WordPress 6.5 release. After an in-depth performance analysis earlier this year revealed that translations can significantly impact server response times, the team discussed various solutions and landed on one that requires no configuration from users. More than…
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WordPress 6.4 Introduces Twenty Twenty-Four Theme, Adds Lightbox, Block Hooks, and Improvements Across Design Tools
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More WordPress 6.4 “Shirley” was released today, named for famed American jazz pianist and singer Shirley Horn. This release introduces a new batch of writing and design tools that give users more powerful customization capabilities inside the editor. We covered most of the changes as they were released in the Gutenberg…
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Jetpack 12.8 Launches Jetpack Creator for Monetizing Content and Subscribers
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More Jetpack 12.8 was released this week, introducing Jetpack Creator, a new product under the Growth category that sits alongside the recently launched Newsletter product. Jetpack Creator is aimed at users who want to monetize their content and subscribers. It supports e-books, courses, paid newsletters, advertising, paywalled access, and other content…
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Newspack Plugin Update Checker Lets Users Update from GitHub
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More Adam Schweigert, an independent media and technology consultant, has released a plugin called Newspack Plugin Update Checker that enables self-hosted Newspack users to keep their plugins up-to-date. The Newspack project was launched in 2019 by WordPress.com, with support from the Google News Initiative, the Knight Foundation, and The Lenfest Institute.…
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WordPress Theme Handbook Updates Chapter on Block Templating
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More WordPress contributors have updated the Theme Handbook to include a new chapter on block templating. The chapter covers how the WordPress block template system works, how to build custom templates and parts and include them in a theme. This is critical documentation designed to provide a learning path for those…